Cloudways
vs
Lade
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- Simple deployment process with support for multiple programming languages
- High-availability infrastructure with automatic failover
- Managed databases with automated daily backups
- Real-time log collection and monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Lade | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $10.00 /mo 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM | 9% cheaper on Lade |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $80.00 /mo 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM | 9% cheaper on Lade |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $9.60 /mo 64 GB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 32 GB storage | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $10.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | 2.5x more expensive on Lade |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | Lade |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 9 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | -- |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | lade.io |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Lade on July 18, 2026.